Starbucks app lets you pay with your smartphone

Starbucks Corp. just made it easier to pay for a cup of coffee with your smartphone.

The Starbucks Card Mobile app is now being accepted at more than 7,500 locations nationwide, including all Starbucks Target stores. The free app is now available for the iPhone and various Blackberry models. The company is hard at work on its app for Andriod-based phones.

Payment with the app is accepted at ten San Antonio locations, according to the company’s website.

Using the app sounds simple. You load funds using Pay Pal or a credit card. Upon payment a bar code will be displayed on phone’s screen, which the clerk will scan. That’s it.

So now you can feel like a high-tech guru while enjoying a a nice heaping cup of joe, maybe even in the new 31-ounce Trenta size. Talk about a caffeine buzz.